NSF and Environmental Cyberinfrastructure Margaret Leinen Environmental Cyberinfrastructure Workshop, NCAR 2002
A brief history of “cyberinfrastructure” at NSF 2000: Community and NSF concern about the asymmetrical development of computer power and tools to use the power CISE funds a number of large scale infrastructure proposals as part of the Information Technology Research priority area Late 2000 CISE proposes a “cyberinfrastructure” component to the ITR
Cyberinfrastructure networking data manipulation cycles data mgt training software
Changes in Environmental Education New demands for curricular materials Connect data on Earth’s physical and biotic components Include recent research data and results Discovery-based learning Hands-on activities Consideration of social implications in decision-making exercises
Needs in Environmental Education Digital Libraries for data collections and images Tools for manipulation of data and discovery activities Communications networks for access and collaborations Support services for contributors, teachers, and students
Environmental Cyberinfrastructure Spatial data challenges: e.g. Merging digital imagery with digital data Cyberinfrastructure for discipline science Networks, software, data manipulation, data management, training Compute cycles
S. Kazenski, U Texas - Austin
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